Improvement in folding tables



Folding Table; and Ildo hereby, declare that cation, in which like letters ofreference re- 'spective' view of the under side of the table.

' legs ofthe tableB B. f

PATENT OFFICE.;

A'LBER'rfWIND-EGK, or-PEoR1A',VILLiNois;

IMPROVEMENT IN FOLDING TABLES.

Specification forming part of Letters-Patent No. {06,906, dated August 30, 187D.

To all whom it may concern." y Be it known that I; ALBERJ: WINDEG'K, of the city of Peoria, inthe lcounty of 1 Peoria, and in the State of Illinois, have invented a the followingis afull, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a. part of this'specifer tolike parts,ran'd in which- Figure l representst a. 'sectional elevation; Fig. 2,- an.V elevation 'seen freni the -end of joint; Fig. 3, the tableclosed; Fig. 4, aper-v l' lhis invention consists in constructing the legs and frame or braces cfa table' so' that the Whole wille-fold up flat, thetwo leaves vwhich" make the wholeoi' the table-top then hanging vertically. l A' v A A represent the two leaves with the usual joint, th'e hinges d d being pivoted on a rod', b, which ends at either end of thejoint in the B B are the two stationary legs, the topi of veach'being secured onto either end ofthe rod b, and braced` below by a horizontal rod, d'd,

C C are the folding legs, which are kept vertical by means of the braces a a a, which are pivoted to the-pin h under the center o f the table, the pin being' secured, in a'hole in the brace dd of. the stationary legs B B..

D D are stops or catches with sliding bolts e e and stops k k, said bolts slidingin slots in their plates', and having through their length i va. slot through ivhich the confining-pin f passes toI secure each to their bolt-'plates respect-y ively.

A stop, i, being a projecting part of the 'catch D, retains the angle oi' the leg C, c'o-operating with' the bolt and its stop Ic, to secure the'leg when extended. Anysimilarfastening lwill answer;

The operation of this 'cahiers s follows: To

. close the same the legs C C are released from,

the catches-D D by vsliding back4 the bolts e ye', and the lces,`bein`gpivoted tothe pin-h, are swung. around (in the curve shown by the dot; ted lines) backto the hinge-rod b, eachleg,l ofcourse, moving in lan opposite direction. The table then assumes avertical flat forin-7 and will occupy a very small space when thus folded to be set away. y

' 'Wliat I' claim'as my invention is- ,l .Thecombination ofthe connected legs B B, their hinge-rod b, and brace d, folding legs C. C, separately pivoted or hinged to the brace d, the stops' or fastenings D D, or their equivalents, andthe hingedor jointed tabletop A @substantially asand for the purposes described. l "liitestimony that I claim the foregoing folding table I have hereunto set my hand this" day of June, AID. 1870.

ALBERT winn'noK.

Vitiiesses:

JosEPH HERWEG, HENRY WELLS. 

